Laceration

Laceration: Introduction

Laceration: refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin. See detailed information below for a list of 6 causes of Laceration, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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• Soft tissue symptoms (100 causes)
• Trauma-related symptoms (724 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Laceration

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Laceration:

• Blow
• Blunt trauma
• Childbirth (874 causes)
• Collision
• Fall
• Sharp-edged object
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Definitions of Laceration:

A torn ragged wound
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Detailed list of causes of Laceration

The list below shows some of the causes of Laceration mentioned in various sources:

• Blow
• Blunt trauma
• Childbirth
• Collision
• Fall
• Sharp-edged object
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See full list of 6 causes of Laceration

How Common are these Causes of Laceration?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Laceration. Of the 6 causes of Laceration that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 1 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 6 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 6 causes of Laceration

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Laceration:

The following list of conditions have 'Laceration' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Classifications of Laceration:

Medical Conditions associated with Laceration:

Soft tissue symptoms (100 causes), Trauma-related symptoms (724 causes)

Symptoms related to Laceration:

Blow, Blunt trauma, Childbirth (874 causes), Collision, Fall, Sharp-edged object

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